jacq rawson
New Zealander expat in Vietnam
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About me
New Zealander
Lives in Saigon
Speaks I speak English but am learning Spanish.
Registration: 28 January 2009
About
Occupation
I am Job seeker.
My expat journey
Saigon, Vietnam
Teaching English and selling health insurance
Account Manager - Tenzing Pacific services
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
I came to Phnom Penh as a Vida Volunteer in January 2009. I left early in 2010 to return to a role in Brisbane where I resigned 6 months later having saved enough money to come back to Phnom Penh and set up a social enterprise business/training school. The western hairdressing salon is now 5 months old and has a steady stream of customers who's payment for hair and beauty services supports the training school soon to be opened. Disadvantaged Khmers will be trained for free in western type hairdressing skills and techniques.
Hairdressing, Project Specialist, Business Analyst
Life is generally simple and just how life used to be in the rest of the world 30 or 40 years ago.
Money hungry expats, people obsessed with 4 wheel drives and the latest marketing ploys of Apple ie ipods, ipads etc same as anywhere else in the world.
New Zealand
Activity
Do and don't in Cambodia by expat.com
Are you living in Cambodia? We need you to share your experience of the local customs :) Is it difficult to adjust to the local customs in Cambodia? Could you please share with us a list of the do's and don't's in Cambodia? Thanks!
I've been in Phnom Penh for a whole two weeks now :)but maybe being a newbie and describing my "hot off the press" experiences might be helpful. I'm volunteering and will be here for 18 months. I don't think it's hard to get used to the customs at ... Read More